Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Most Effective Suicide Prevention: $1 Increase in Minimum Wage Linked to 3.5–6% Drop in Suicide Rate – SciTech Daily
- Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows – NPR
- How Hedge Funds Hide – Institutional Investor
- How Bitcoin Really Has Become a Digital Gold Store of Value – Be In Crypto
- Nearly 40% of U.S.-listed stocks are loss-making – WSJ
Americas:
- Pressure for 2020 as U.S. Companies Report End of Weak Profit Year – Money
- Many millennials are worse off than their parents — a first in American history – CNN
- The College Wealth Premium Has Collapsed – Younger folks have come of age during an era of consumer debt – The Atlantic
- The Wall Street Journal Admits U.S. Economy Sailed Through Trade War with ‘Barely a Scratch’ – Breitbart
- 30 Years Ago: The Day the Middle Class Died – Common Dreams
- Walmart creates big expansion in Mexico in 2019 – Igorb News
- America is too focused on the unemployment rate – CNN
Europe:
- Czech Billionaire Covertly Funded PR Campaign to Improve Image of the Chinese Regime: Czech Media – Epoch Times
- “A Russian Billionaire Is Threatening Nordic Banks’ Dollar Access” – Bloomberg
- France’s digital minister says tax on big tech is just the start – The Guardian
- Nordic countries at odds with EU over minimum wage – The Guardian
- Poland most pro-American country in EU – First News
- Siemens to support Australian coal project despite protests – Reuters
- Britain, France and Germany urge Iran to stick to 2015 nuclear deal – Reuters
- EU ‘will not be rushed’ on Brexit trade deal – BBC
Asia:
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- The U.S. and China Have Agreed to Restart Semi-Annual Talks Aimed at Resolving Economic Disputes – Stock Market News
- China’s Central Bank Implements Strict Financial rules – Token Hill
- Japan Giving More Government Workers Permission to Moonlight Amid Labor Crunch – Japan Times
- South Korean Leader Reportedly Seeks to Punish Top Prosecutor Over Investigation Into Officials – Japan Times
- Taiwan Rivals in Final Election Push as China’s Shadow Looms – Japan Times
- Mystery Chinese Virus: How worried should we be? – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Thousands oppose Sydney bus privatisation – 7News
- Council outrage at privatization of all Sydney bus regions – Leader
- Australia rooftop solar installs total 2.13GW in 2019 after huge December rush – Renew Economy
- Tasmania’s House of Assembly passes country’s toughest anti-protest laws – Examiner
- Australia’s Smoke-Filled Air Is Quietly Killing People – Vice
- Proposed cash ban is not about controlling your money, says Reserve Bank – ABC
- Coles looking to make everything automated in stores – The SMH
- Privatisation in NSW: a timeline and key sources – Parliament NSW
- International protests label Scott Morrison “a joke” – ABC
- Australia’s bushfires are a wake-up call: we must build a more humane economy before it’s too late – Open Democracy
- Scott Morrison looks for wriggle room on climate as he detects the whiff of backlash – The Guardian
- ANZ economists ‘wouldn’t rule out’ tightening of LVR restrictions – Interest.co.nz